Taking Apart the iPod mini
So, after posting this entry this morning, I became obsessed with the idea of taking apart the iPod mini. So, I did. Here's some pictures walking through the steps that I followed over at iLounge, although I was able to do it all with my Swiss Army Knife, and it all still seems to work. I did have a bit of difficulty removing the bottom plate from the iPod mini (which went shooting across the room as I pried at it).
Despite all reports of it not working, I tried sticking the 4GB microdrive in my Nikon D70, but, alas, the reports were true. I could reassemble everything now, but I'm debating the microdrive transplant that I mentioned in the last post.
Update: After trying multiple times to format the drive in a way in which it would work with my Nikon, and then after trying to reassemble the iPod mini with other drives (a CF card and my 340MB microdrive), I finally gave up and reassembled the iPod mini. Still works.
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So, after posting this entry this morning, I became obsessed with the idea of taking apart the iPod mini. So, I did. Here's some pictures...
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Its redundant. It could sit on a table for 4 months doing nothing or it could be used in a camer. Or by selling the parts you could fix somebody elses mini sharing the ipod love. When I sold my ipod in pieces I got nearly double the amount of money I would of got if I sold it as a whole.
November 20 2005 at 3:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyif it still works send a picture of it to me by email and if it still looks ok ill buy it for $25
November 20 2005 at 2:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy are you taking it apart? It's a perfectly good iPod. If you didn't want it, just give it away. No need to tear apart products when /you/ don't need them.
November 20 2005 at 1:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyaah, just make this one go away. NOW-ish.
November 20 2005 at 9:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySounds like a fun project... Email me if you get stuck and I'll see if I can help out :-P ~ Collin (http://www.command-tab.com/index.php/ipod-super/)
November 20 2005 at 3:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI had a friend who somehow like erased everything on the memory card (sorta like what happens when you put magnets to a hard drive) he was able to use about half of the memory (2.2GB) but the other half was somehow "disabled" or something
November 19 2005 at 7:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou need to modify the disc settings to get others to work with the iPods as the "firmware" is on a portion of the hard drive. Similar to how this guy got a 300gb hard drive hooked up to his iPod http://www.command-tab.com/index.php/ipod-super
November 19 2005 at 7:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is a must for all ipod mini owners if you take apart your ipod and mess it up, or just want to Bling your pod! http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=152
November 19 2005 at 6:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyif you look at the pictures, he's done just that. It apparently works just fine as a regular hard drive, although it appears specifically as an iPod when it's mounted on the computer.
November 19 2005 at 5:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI read somewhere that if you just mount it on your computer and format as FAT it will work.
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